Job Description

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) provides more than a billion gallons of high-quality drinking water per day to all residents in the City and in four upstate counties. DEP also works to reduce air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000-square-mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City. Its complex network also includes 6,000 miles of water mains, tunnels and aqueducts.

The Bureau of Engineering Design & Construction (BEDC) currently has a portfolio of capital construction projects valued at $23.8B, with an additional $10.5B projected over the next 10-year Commitment Plan. The projects BEDC implements allows DEP as a whole to continue to operate and maintain an exemplary water supply system.

BEDC’s Wastewater Capital Program (WWCP) team oversees the design and construction of critical infrastructure for DEP’s Bureau of Wastewater Treatment (BWT) and the Bureau of Water Supply (BWS). The typology of projects delivered by this team are in support of the reliability of the wastewater treatment system, in-City and upstate. Some projects included in this program are consent-mandated and are a priority to comply with stringent regulatory milestones. Generally, capital projects include wastewater resource recovery facilities upgrades/state of good repair improvements, pump station rehabilitation/new construction, CSO abatement, as well as upgrade to six wastewater resource recovery facilities located in upstate counties.

BEDC seeks to hire an Administrative Engineer M4 to serve as the Director of Wastewater Capital Program. This position will be located at our headquarters in Queens, NY. Under the direction of the Executive Director, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, the selected candidate will preside over the WWCP construction projects currently valued at $13.5B in initiated and active work. WWCP consists of 60 Project Managers and Engineers who manage capital projects consistent with BEDC’s project delivery and construction management standard operating procedures, with an emphasis on environmental health and safety, quality, client service, scope, schedule, and budget.

WWCP portfolio of 100 projects include work at the following facilities: Gowanus (Super Fund Program: retention tanks/bulkhead/aboveground structures), Hunts Point (new digesters); Throgs Neck (rehab), Bowery Bay (power distribution), Tallman Island (site/landscaping), Coney Island (main sewage pump), Prospect Expressway (upgrade), Owl’s Head (dock repair/main sewage pump), Wards Island (primary tanks), Clearview Pump Station (reconstruction), Oakwood Beach (dechlorination), Jamaica (generators), 108th St (reconstruction), Borden Avenue (upgrade), 235th St (reconstruction), North River (cogeneration/ electrification), and Hannah Street (new pump station),

The selected candidate will collaborate with counterparts within BEDC, including Environmental Health and Safety, Program Management, Budget, and In-House Design directorates, as well as internal agency groups including the operational Bureaus, Legal, Agency Chief Contracting Office, Audits, Bureau of Public Affairs and Communications to identify and address all issues impacting projects from initiation through close-out. The selected candidate will assure that construction projects remain on schedule, costs are controlled, communication is clear, conflicts and issues are resolved timely or escalated as appropriate. S/he will also represent the Bureau in meetings with client Bureaus and other internal/external stakeholders to ensure that delivery of construction projects is in line with expectations. The selected candidate will also conduct organizational and workload analyses to maximize the output on each project and make recommendations for staffing levels, strategic hiring, organizational development, and employee career development. S/he will also represent the Executive Director in his absence.

* Only those applicants with permanent civil service status as an Administrative Engineer are eligible to apply to this JVN. If you do not have permanent civil service status as an Administrative Engineer, please do not apply to this position as you will not be considered for an interview.*

Qualifications

1. A valid New York State License as a Professional Engineer and six (6) years of full-time satisfactory experience in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, or plan examining work, at least two (2) years of which must have been in an executive, managerial, or administrative capacity.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.